RingLoc® Hip System 11-107004Recalls & reported problems
Biomet Orthopedics, LLC · Class 2 · Implant
All models of RingLoc Hip System (40)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00880304203396), received between Nov 15, 2023 and Nov 15, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Unintended Movement” (1 report).
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Unintended Movement1
Patient problems
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Inflammation1
- Muscle/Tendon Damage1
- Pain1
- Swelling/ Edema1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryNov 15, 2023Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THEIR FOURTH REVISION APPROXIMATELY 25 YEARS LATER DUE TO INCREASED PAIN, SWELLING, AND DIFFICULTY AMBULATING. IMAGING SHOWED A LARGE COMPLEX FLUID COLLECTION SURROUNDING THE STEM AND NECK. DURING THE REVISION, THE FRIABLE TISSUE AND CHRONIC ADVERSE LOCAL TISSUE REACTION WAS DEBULKED FROM THE JOINT. POSTERIOR IMPINGEMENT OF THE NECK ON THE POLY WAS NOTED, BUT THE LOCKING RING WAS INTACT AND NOT DAMAGED. NO CORROSION WAS IDENTIFIED ON THE IMPLANTS, AND THE TRIFLANGE CAGE REMAINED STABLE. A NEW HEAD AND LINER WERE PLACED, AND NONABSORBABLE SUTURES WERE USED TO CLOSE THE DEAD SPACE OF THE JOINT. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Inflammation; Muscle/Tendon Damage; Pain; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 18141646 ↗
Other Prosthesis, hip, constrained, cemented or uncemented, metal/polymer devices
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- Trident 690-00-22EHowmedica Osteonics Corp. · Prosthesis, hip, constrained, cemented or uncemented, metal/polymer1 recall36 reports
- PINNACLE 1218-32-652Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, constrained, cemented or uncemented, metal/polymer75 reports
- Trident 690-00-22DHowmedica Osteonics Corp. · Prosthesis, hip, constrained, cemented or uncemented, metal/polymer1 recall22 reports
- PINNACLE 1218-32-654Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, constrained, cemented or uncemented, metal/polymer70 reports
- Trident 69-2850Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Prosthesis, hip, constrained, cemented or uncemented, metal/polymer1 recall11 reports
Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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